Show HN: My little app Owe.to

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by sandeepshetty • 15 years ago

8 19 15 years ago

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Now that my little app (http://Owe.to/) got force launched (bit.ly/ePbEb3), would love to get feedback from you all. I'm still a little embarrassed by it but I think it is time to let it out to play.

sandeepshetty8• 15 years ago

Clickable: http://owe.to/

timthorn• 15 years ago

Take a look at https://www.whosebill.com/ for a more sophisticated take on the idea

sandeepshetty8• 15 years ago

Whosebill.com looks neat. I'm aiming for a simple, just-get-it-done approach. There isn't even a signup on mine.

bmelton• 15 years ago

Not having gone past the front page, I much prefer the 'owe.to' approach to 'whosebill'. Having seen both of them for the very first time today, I can see myself using owe.to over whosebill 9 times out of 10.

That said, whosebill does seem to have a ton more features, but I prefer the narrower focus. The graphs on the whosebill homepage are confusing, even if they're only pictures.

It looks good. I wouldn't say that it's _pretty_, per se, but it's far from ugly, and appears to be 100% functional. Kudos.

audyyy2• 15 years ago

I like how they kind of poke fun at their own use of stock photography.

sammville• 15 years ago

I must say its a pretty cool idea. Love it..

keiferski2• 15 years ago

I love the domain. Perfect for a simple web app.

A few things:

1. I would move the 'About' tab over next to the 'Owed to You' tab. Stretching it across looks slightly off.

2. The last line of your copy could use a rewriting. Maybe "Try it out! Just use your own e-mail address."Or just take out the comma.

3. Is there a way to remove yourself from the e-mail list on the site? (not just in the e-mail.)

us• 15 years ago

I second on #3. There should be a quick link to log in and remove reminders.

Also very curious, what is the monetization strategy here.

keiferski2• 15 years ago

Doesn't seem like a business; more of a web app.

But maybe a small ad at the bottom of each e-mail?

sandeepshetty8• 15 years ago

No strategy yet. Just solving a problem and it doesn't cost me anything yet.

sandeepshetty8• 15 years ago

1. The tabs are like that because I will be adding more tabs to the left (e.g. "Owed by you" as a way to send IOUs to people, etc.)

2. Thanks will fix.

3. I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible so avoiding signup and login. Which just leaves me with the email to work with.

power78• 15 years ago

Have you checked out ohdontforget.com? Basically the same idea.

sandeepshetty8• 15 years ago

Nope. Looks great. Thanks.

LeBlanc• 15 years ago

Cool app idea! You should integrate with the WePay API so that when you remind people, they actually have the ability to pay.

https://www.wepay.com/developer/reference

Feel free to email me if you have any questions about the API.

sandeepshetty8• 15 years ago

That sounds like a great idea. Added to my todo. Thanks.

audyyy2• 15 years ago

I didn't know Toronto had a TLD.

Also, I hope no one I know finds out about this app ;)

JonLim• 15 years ago

Great idea, Sandeep!

Curious: what are you using for the email notifications? I'd love to have a discussion with you about that.

sandeepshetty8• 15 years ago

I'm using the hosting provider for email delivery and already hitting the limits :)

Was looking at moving to one of the email delivery services. Would love to talk. My email is in my profile.

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